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  • "let me give you one answer to that .. a mum and dad work they pay full rent . they pay full council tax . but get tax credits for their children . once one of your children has left school you no longer get tax credits ..for them if your child gets a job which lets face it wouldnt be much in wages . then your tax credits for your younger child in school would go down as the whole amount of your childs income is taken into consideration .. this means your child would then be responsible for making up the rest of the money .. hardly fair really .. a partners wages should all be taken into account . but not the whole of your childs . its not the older childs job to pay for the younger kids .. so the solution is . to get your child to rent a room . on a low income recieve some housing benefit .and nhs discounts . which means you will then be entitled to full tax credits for your younger child . the system is twisted . your dammed if you do and your dammed if you dont . a child will now if they want a good education agree to put themselves up to 21 thousand pounds in debt with the college depending on what course they did if they included the first year college course in six form then they would be half qualified before they start . meaning less loan less debt less stress .. only the strong will survive . usually the money makers . some which are honest . but most bankers and lawyers are twisted like the government . so the prospect of jobs for the students that leave home . are exactly that .. beg borrow and steal your way to the top . or struggle along with part time work and benefits . but be honest . there are some honest people there and im not tarring all the well educated people with the same brush .. but name me one priminister or president or banker or police commisioner or govenment official or lawyer that didnt lie to get where they are . or to get a result . I rest my case . the government want to govern us and control us and make us pay taxes on everything . and in exchange for our co operation they give us free medical treatment and benefits . smell the coffee people . why shouldnt we take back something our ancestors worked hard to achieve . and look what the government did with all those workhouses . . most of them are derelict and rotten . dont assume the youngsters of today are wasting money . try blaming the king who employed a government to rule over us .. freemen used to rule england .. now money does .."
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The benefits of the welfare state

I was shocked to learn a few days ago that 380,000 under 25's are claiming housing benefit.

It seems that people are able to claim a benefit for almost anything these days indeed I could probably even get a benefit for writing this blog!

If a youngster decides to live away from home then surely its up to them to be able to support themselves financially on their own rather than having funding from the state?

I'm struggling to make ends meet myself and I am proud to say that I don't have a penny of state support yet my taxes are going to support youngsters many of whom have parents that could look after them.

Of course I am not against young people moving out of their parental home but if they choose to do so then it makes sense for them to take on the financial responsibility of their actions and not be a burden on the rest of us.

As house prices are so high no doubt many of those on housing benefit will be in rented accommodation which in Wycombe is probably a family house that is being let room by room.

Why are family homes being let out to multiple tenants who are taking desperately needed accommodation from those it was designed for and who need it the most?

If only the concept of the family unit was reinstated into society maybe the unrelenting need to build more and more housing would also be curtailed?

The fact the state is assisting with housing costs is creating a fixed market where landlords know they can inflate prices because the state will contribute towards the costs.

Maybe if housing benefit for under 25's was stopped the price of housing would fall and more accommodation would be available therefore benefiting everyone?

The fact that so many youngsters decide to leave home is merely a sign of the continuing breakup of family values that has come to blight our communities in recent years.

An article on the news section of this site today mentions that housing benefit will also be docked for those living in accommodation where there is an unoccupied bedroom.

No doubt the bedroom tax will affect a lot of people and this attempt at housing engineering will also clamp down on those living in houses which are too big for them.

Those on housing benefit are probably also in receipt of Council Tax benefits and the like making them even more of a burden of the hard-working tax payers of the community.

Instead the money could be given to the hard-working families or the pensioners who need it most.

The proposed changes to the benefits system will see many people having to move and this is regrettable but can we really afford to provide benefits to those living in houses larger than they need or because they have chosen to move out of home on a whim?

What do you think?

LINK: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9351604/New-welfare-clampdown-could-axe-housing-benefit-from-under-25s.html

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